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→‎References: At the request of a senior Wikipedian I have attempted to improve this article as a member of the NZ project - particularly with a view to references and demonstrating notability. This proved challenging because the novelist is relatively early in his career, with a first novel published in 2011. He does seem promising and he is prolific with a distinctive point of view. I have added references, slightly changed the form of the article, and added the novel titles (5).
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<!-- Do not remove this line! -->== Brannavan Gnanalingam ==
{{Infobox person
| name = Brannavan Gnanalingam
| birth_date = 1983
| birth_place = Sri Lanka
| residence = Wellington, New Zealand
| citizenship = New Zealand
| occupation = Author, Lawyer
}}


Brannavan Gnanalingam (born 1983, Sri Lanka)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://thespinoff.co.nz/author/brannavan-gnanalingam/|title=Brannavan Gnanalingam|work=The Spinoff|access-date=2018-04-04|language=en-US}}</ref> is a [[New Zealand]] author and practicing lawyer with the New Zealand firm [[Buddle Findlay]] at its Wellington office.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.buddlefindlay.com/people/brannavan-gnanalingam/|title=BUDDLEFINDLAY - Brannavan Gnanalingam|website=www.buddlefindlay.com|language=en|access-date=2018-04-04}}</ref>
Brannavan Gnanalingam (born 20 October 1983) is a [[New Zealand]] author. He was long-listed for the [[Ockham New Zealand Book Awards]] novel of the year in 2016 for his book 'A Penthouse, Two Pies and a Penthouse' and again in 2017 for 'Sodden Downstream'.


Gnanalingam was born in [[Sri Lanka]] and grew up in [[Lower Hutt]]. His debut novel ''Getting Under Sail'' was published by [[Lawrence and Gibson]] in 2011<ref>Burgess, Malcolm (2011) 'Small and Cheekily Formed' Dominion Post, May 11 available online at <http://www.lawrenceandgibson.co.nz/2011/05/dominion-post-review-of-lawrence-and.html>.</ref><ref>Dalgleish, Jodie (2011) 'Generation Xperimental' [[1]] Review Online October http://www.landfallreview.com/2011/10/generation-xperimental.html?q=Lawrence+and+Gibson</ref>. The novel was based on a trip Gnanalingam undertook with two friends from Morocco to Ghana, which included being mistakenly detained for the [[2007 French tourists killing in Mauritania|French tourist killings in Mauritania]]<ref>Gnanalingam, Brannavan (2011) 'Mali and Me' [[The New Zealand Listener|NZ Listener]] http://www.listener.co.nz/lifestyle/travel/mali-and-me/</ref>. The book was praised for "the narrator’s wry honesty, miles away from the usual Africa travelogue clichés".<ref>Finnermore, Sam (2011) 'Privatising Parts by Richard Meros and Getting Under Sail by Brannavan Gnanalingam review' [Listener] http://www.listener.co.nz/culture/books/privatising-parts-by-richard-meros-and-getting-under-sail-by-brannavan-gnanalingam-review/</ref>
Gnanalingam was born in [[Sri Lanka]] and grew up in [[Lower Hutt]]. His debut novel ''Getting Under Sail'' was published by [[Lawrence and Gibson]] in 2011<ref>Burgess, Malcolm (2011) 'Small and Cheekily Formed' Dominion Post, May 11 available online at <http://www.lawrenceandgibson.co.nz/2011/05/dominion-post-review-of-lawrence-and.html>.</ref><ref>Dalgleish, Jodie (2011) 'Generation Xperimental' [[1]] Review Online October http://www.landfallreview.com/2011/10/generation-xperimental.html?q=Lawrence+and+Gibson</ref>. The novel was based on a trip Gnanalingam undertook with two friends from Morocco to Ghana, which included being mistakenly detained for the [[2007 French tourists killing in Mauritania|French tourist killings in Mauritania]]<ref>Gnanalingam, Brannavan (2011) 'Mali and Me' [[The New Zealand Listener|NZ Listener]] http://www.listener.co.nz/lifestyle/travel/mali-and-me/</ref>. The book was praised for "the narrator’s wry honesty, miles away from the usual Africa travelogue clichés".<ref>Finnermore, Sam (2011) 'Privatising Parts by Richard Meros and Getting Under Sail by Brannavan Gnanalingam review' [Listener] http://www.listener.co.nz/culture/books/privatising-parts-by-richard-meros-and-getting-under-sail-by-brannavan-gnanalingam-review/</ref> In 2013 his second novel ''You Should Have Come Here When You Were Not Here'' was published and received positive reviews in New Zealand<ref>Dennerstein, Natasha (2014) 'Book review: You Should Have Come Here When You Were Not Here, by Brannavan Gnanalingam' [[New Zealand Listener|NZ Listener]] 30 January. http://www.listener.co.nz/culture/books/book-review-you-should-have-come-here-when-you-were-not-here-by-brannavan-gnanalingam/</ref><ref>Treloar, Abbie (2013) Review BooksellersNZ https://booksellersnz.wordpress.com/2014/01/08/book-review-you-should-have-come-when-you-were-not-here-by-brannavan-gnanalingam/</ref>. The book follows a trip by a middle-aged woman to [[Paris]], who instead of finding it the city of love, experiences it as a cold and disorienting place. The book was based on Gnanalingam's time spent in Paris between 2012 and 2013<ref name="lumiere.net.nz">http://lumiere.net.nz/index.php/conversations-the-novel/</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/artsonsunday/audio/2574129/author-brannavan-gnanalingam|title=Author Brannavan Gnanalingam|date=25 October 2013|publisher=}}</ref>His third novel, ''Credit in the Straight World'' (2015), "a satirical account of the global financial crisis," was reviewed in ''Landfall,''<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Heritage|first=Elizabeth|date=May 2016|title=Money [Book Review]|url=https://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=357807391296811;res=IELLCC|journal=Landfall|volume=231|pages=188-190|via=informit.com.au}}</ref> a New Zealand literary journal established in 1947, which ''The Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English'' describes as: "the single most important journal in New Zealand literary history."<ref>{{Cite book|title=Brasch, Charles Orwell|last=Caffin|first=Elizabeth|work=Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English|publisher=Routledge|year=2005|isbn=0415278856|editor-last=Benson|edition=Second Edition|location=Abingdon, Oxon, UK/New York, NY, USA|pages=141}}</ref>


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His fourth novel, ''A Briefcase, Two Pies and a Penthouse'' (2016)'','' was long-listed for the 2017 [[Ockham New Zealand Book Awards]] novel of the year.<ref>'Ockham 2017 Book Awards long-list revealed' [[Stuff New Zealand|Stuff]] http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/books/86710998/2017-ockham-nz-book-awards-longlist-revealed</ref> His fifth novel published in 2017, ''Sodden Downstream,'' was short-listed for the 2018 [[Ockham New Zealand Book Awards]] novel of the year with [[The Spinoff]] books editor [[Steve Braunias]] noting that his inclusion was "a particularly good call."<ref>Braunias, Steve (2018) 'Diana, Brannavan, and the others: announcing the 2018 Ockham national book awards shortlist' https://thespinoff.co.nz/books/06-03-2018/diana-brannavan-and-the-others-announcing-the-2018-ockham-national-book-awards-shortlist/</ref> In a review of the book ''The Pantograph Punch'' said, "His rendition of Kiwi idiom is some of the best you’ll read." <ref>Lloyd, Therese (2017) 'Kindness of Strangers: A review of Sodden Downstream' http://pantograph-punch.com/post/sodden-downstream</ref> Gnanlingam confessed to ''The Dominion Pos''t, talking about ''Sodden Downstream'', "...[T]here are so few Sri Lankan characters in New Zealand literature. I wanted to reflect that....It's...based on the fact that the Sri Lankan Civil War was something that my family and I went through, so I can write from personal experience."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pressreader.com/new-zealand/the-dominion-post/20171104/287341907041018|title=Minority Report|last=The New Dominion Post|first=|date=November 4, 2017|website=pressreader|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=April 4, 2018}}</ref>
In 2013 his second novel ''You Should Have Come Here When You Were Not Here'' was published and received positive reviews in New Zealand<ref>Dennerstein, Natasha (2014) 'Book review: You Should Have Come Here When You Were Not Here, by Brannavan Gnanalingam' [[New Zealand Listener|NZ Listener]] 30 January. http://www.listener.co.nz/culture/books/book-review-you-should-have-come-here-when-you-were-not-here-by-brannavan-gnanalingam/</ref><ref>Treloar, Abbie (2013) Review BooksellersNZ https://booksellersnz.wordpress.com/2014/01/08/book-review-you-should-have-come-when-you-were-not-here-by-brannavan-gnanalingam/</ref>. The book follows a trip by a middle-aged woman to [[Paris]], who instead of finding it the city of love, finds it a cold and disorienting place. The book was based on Gnanalingam's time spent in Paris between 2012 and 2013<ref name="lumiere.net.nz">http://lumiere.net.nz/index.php/conversations-the-novel/</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/artsonsunday/audio/2574129/author-brannavan-gnanalingam|title=Author Brannavan Gnanalingam|date=25 October 2013|publisher=}}</ref>


From 2006-2016, Gnanalingam contributed to the online publication ''The Lumière Reader'', <ref>http://lumiere.net.nz/index.php/author/brannavan-gnanalingam/</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pantograph-punch.com/author/brannavan-gnanalingam|title=Brannavan Gnanalingam|website=Pantograph Punch|language=en|access-date=2018-04-04}}</ref> which is now on hiatus.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://lumiere.net.nz|title=The Lumière Reader|last=|first=|date=|website=The Lumière Reader|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=April 4, 2018}}</ref> He covered film festivals such as Venice, Berlin, Rotterdam, and Cannes when writing for this publication.<ref name="lumiere.net.nz" /> He has also written for [[The Spinoff]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://thespinoff.co.nz/author/brannavan-gnanalingam/|title=Brannavan Gnanalingam|work=The Spinoff|access-date=2018-04-04|language=en-US}}</ref> [[New Zealand Listener|The New Zealand Listener]], and [[The Dominion Post (Wellington)|''The Dominion Post'']].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://wordchristchurch.co.nz/biography/brannavan-gnanalingam/|title=Brannavan Gnanalingam {{!}} WORD Christchurch|website=wordchristchurch.co.nz|language=en-US|access-date=2018-04-04}}</ref>
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'A Briefcase, Two Pies and a Penthouse' was long-listed for the 2017 [[Ockham New Zealand Book Awards]] novel of the year.<ref>'Ockham 2017 Book Awards long-list revealed' [[Stuff New Zealand|Stuff]] http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/books/86710998/2017-ockham-nz-book-awards-longlist-revealed</ref>. His most recent novel, 'Sodden Downstream' has been short-listed for the 2018 [[Ockham New Zealand Book Awards]] novel of the year with [[The Spinoff]] books editor [[Steve Braunias]] noting that his inclusions was 'a particularly good call'.<ref>Braunias, Steve (2018) 'Diana, Brannavan, and the others: announcing the 2018 Ockham national book awards shortlist' https://thespinoff.co.nz/books/06-03-2018/diana-brannavan-and-the-others-announcing-the-2018-ockham-national-book-awards-shortlist/</ref>. In a review of the book The Pantograph Punch said 'his rendition of Kiwi idiom is some of the best you’ll read' <ref>Lloyd, Therese (2017) 'Kindness of Strangers: A review of Sodden Downstream' http://pantograph-punch.com/post/sodden-downstream</ref>

=== Select Publications ===
Brannavan Gnanalingam, ''Sodden Downstream'' (Wellington: Lawrence & Gibson, 2017). ISBN 9780473410292

Brannavan Gnanalingam, ''A Briefcase, Two Pies and a Penthouse'' (Wellington: Lawrence & Gibson, 2016). ISBN 9780473356347

Brannavan Gnanalingam, ''Credit in the Straight World'' (Wellington: Lawrence & Gibson, 2015). ISBN 9780473319106

Brannavan Gnanalingam, ''You Should Have Come Here When You Were Not Here'' (Wellington: Lawrence & Gibson, 2013). ISBN 9780473257187

Brannavan Gnanalingam, ''Getting Under Sail'' (Wellington: Lawrence & Gibson, 2011). ISBN 9780473184674


Gnanalingam was a long-time contributor to award-winning arts website The Lumière Reader, where he has written on film and music since 2006<ref>http://lumiere.net.nz/index.php/author/brannavan-gnanalingam/</ref>. He has covered film festivals such as Venice, Berlin, Rotterdam, and Cannes for the Lumière Reader<ref name="lumiere.net.nz"/> More recently he has become a regular contributor to [[The Spinoff]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thespinoff.co.nz/author/brannavan-gnanalingam/|title=Brannavan Gnanalingam|publisher=}}</ref> as well as publishing opinion articles in [[The Dominion Post (Wellington)|the Dominion Post]].
== References ==
== References ==


Revision as of 04:54, 4 April 2018

  • Comment: Short and long-listed for literary awards but not a winner. Not sure if that would establish notability. Bkissin (talk) 14:49, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
  • Comment: Marking as under review until the MFD finishes. Please revert these additions if the page is kept. Primefac (talk) 13:46, 23 March 2018 (UTC)
  • Comment: The same issues outlined by previous reviewers remain. Its not clear how this subject might meet notability guidelines. MadeYourReadThis (talk) 20:32, 10 January 2018 (UTC)

{{AFC comment|1=Fails WP:AUTHOR as well as WP:GNG. I recommend removing all the non-reliable sources and working from there. Chris Troutman (talk) 17:03, 3 June 2014 (UTC)}

Mjwellington (talk) 14:43, 25 March 2018 (UTC) Author now short-listed for official book awards novel of the year. This might not register with US or UK reviewers but its a terrible insult to smaller countries if high calibre artists like this are rejected for inclusion. https://thespinoff.co.nz/books/06-03-2018/diana-brannavan-and-the-others-announcing-the-2018-ockham-national-book-awards-shortlist/

Mjwellington (talk) 22:44, 31 March 2018 (UTC) The reviewers of this are clearly not aware of the sources that confer respect for authors in New Zealand. Both the Listener and Landfall are the premier sites of record and have multiple reviews of this authors work. These books are very NZ focussed and as such their appeal to international media is rare. Its very frustrating to have non-NZ reviewers assume they know what counts as notable secondary sources as there is nothing beyond that which is cited that would confer any more credibility.

Brannavan Gnanalingam

Brannavan Gnanalingam
Born1983
Sri Lanka
CitizenshipNew Zealand
Occupation(s)Author, Lawyer

Brannavan Gnanalingam (born 1983, Sri Lanka)[1] is a New Zealand author and practicing lawyer with the New Zealand firm Buddle Findlay at its Wellington office.[2]

Gnanalingam was born in Sri Lanka and grew up in Lower Hutt. His debut novel Getting Under Sail was published by Lawrence and Gibson in 2011[3][4]. The novel was based on a trip Gnanalingam undertook with two friends from Morocco to Ghana, which included being mistakenly detained for the French tourist killings in Mauritania[5]. The book was praised for "the narrator’s wry honesty, miles away from the usual Africa travelogue clichés".[6] In 2013 his second novel You Should Have Come Here When You Were Not Here was published and received positive reviews in New Zealand[7][8]. The book follows a trip by a middle-aged woman to Paris, who instead of finding it the city of love, experiences it as a cold and disorienting place. The book was based on Gnanalingam's time spent in Paris between 2012 and 2013[9][10]His third novel, Credit in the Straight World (2015), "a satirical account of the global financial crisis," was reviewed in Landfall,[11] a New Zealand literary journal established in 1947, which The Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English describes as: "the single most important journal in New Zealand literary history."[12]

His fourth novel, A Briefcase, Two Pies and a Penthouse (2016), was long-listed for the 2017 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards novel of the year.[13] His fifth novel published in 2017, Sodden Downstream, was short-listed for the 2018 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards novel of the year with The Spinoff books editor Steve Braunias noting that his inclusion was "a particularly good call."[14] In a review of the book The Pantograph Punch said, "His rendition of Kiwi idiom is some of the best you’ll read." [15] Gnanlingam confessed to The Dominion Post, talking about Sodden Downstream, "...[T]here are so few Sri Lankan characters in New Zealand literature. I wanted to reflect that....It's...based on the fact that the Sri Lankan Civil War was something that my family and I went through, so I can write from personal experience."[16]

From 2006-2016, Gnanalingam contributed to the online publication The Lumière Reader, [17][18] which is now on hiatus.[19] He covered film festivals such as Venice, Berlin, Rotterdam, and Cannes when writing for this publication.[9] He has also written for The Spinoff,[20] The New Zealand Listener, and The Dominion Post.[21]

Select Publications

Brannavan Gnanalingam, Sodden Downstream (Wellington: Lawrence & Gibson, 2017). ISBN 9780473410292

Brannavan Gnanalingam, A Briefcase, Two Pies and a Penthouse (Wellington: Lawrence & Gibson, 2016). ISBN 9780473356347

Brannavan Gnanalingam, Credit in the Straight World (Wellington: Lawrence & Gibson, 2015). ISBN 9780473319106

Brannavan Gnanalingam, You Should Have Come Here When You Were Not Here (Wellington: Lawrence & Gibson, 2013). ISBN 9780473257187

Brannavan Gnanalingam, Getting Under Sail (Wellington: Lawrence & Gibson, 2011). ISBN 9780473184674

References

  1. ^ "Brannavan Gnanalingam". The Spinoff. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
  2. ^ "BUDDLEFINDLAY - Brannavan Gnanalingam". www.buddlefindlay.com. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
  3. ^ Burgess, Malcolm (2011) 'Small and Cheekily Formed' Dominion Post, May 11 available online at <http://www.lawrenceandgibson.co.nz/2011/05/dominion-post-review-of-lawrence-and.html>.
  4. ^ Dalgleish, Jodie (2011) 'Generation Xperimental' 1 Review Online October http://www.landfallreview.com/2011/10/generation-xperimental.html?q=Lawrence+and+Gibson
  5. ^ Gnanalingam, Brannavan (2011) 'Mali and Me' NZ Listener http://www.listener.co.nz/lifestyle/travel/mali-and-me/
  6. ^ Finnermore, Sam (2011) 'Privatising Parts by Richard Meros and Getting Under Sail by Brannavan Gnanalingam review' [Listener] http://www.listener.co.nz/culture/books/privatising-parts-by-richard-meros-and-getting-under-sail-by-brannavan-gnanalingam-review/
  7. ^ Dennerstein, Natasha (2014) 'Book review: You Should Have Come Here When You Were Not Here, by Brannavan Gnanalingam' NZ Listener 30 January. http://www.listener.co.nz/culture/books/book-review-you-should-have-come-here-when-you-were-not-here-by-brannavan-gnanalingam/
  8. ^ Treloar, Abbie (2013) Review BooksellersNZ https://booksellersnz.wordpress.com/2014/01/08/book-review-you-should-have-come-when-you-were-not-here-by-brannavan-gnanalingam/
  9. ^ a b http://lumiere.net.nz/index.php/conversations-the-novel/
  10. ^ "Author Brannavan Gnanalingam". 25 October 2013.
  11. ^ Heritage, Elizabeth (May 2016). "Money [Book Review]". Landfall. 231: 188–190 – via informit.com.au.
  12. ^ Caffin, Elizabeth (2005). Benson (ed.). Brasch, Charles Orwell (Second Edition ed.). Abingdon, Oxon, UK/New York, NY, USA: Routledge. p. 141. ISBN 0415278856. {{cite book}}: |edition= has extra text (help); |work= ignored (help)
  13. ^ 'Ockham 2017 Book Awards long-list revealed' Stuff http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/books/86710998/2017-ockham-nz-book-awards-longlist-revealed
  14. ^ Braunias, Steve (2018) 'Diana, Brannavan, and the others: announcing the 2018 Ockham national book awards shortlist' https://thespinoff.co.nz/books/06-03-2018/diana-brannavan-and-the-others-announcing-the-2018-ockham-national-book-awards-shortlist/
  15. ^ Lloyd, Therese (2017) 'Kindness of Strangers: A review of Sodden Downstream' http://pantograph-punch.com/post/sodden-downstream
  16. ^ The New Dominion Post (November 4, 2017). "Minority Report". pressreader. Retrieved April 4, 2018. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  17. ^ http://lumiere.net.nz/index.php/author/brannavan-gnanalingam/
  18. ^ "Brannavan Gnanalingam". Pantograph Punch. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
  19. ^ "The Lumière Reader". The Lumière Reader. Retrieved April 4, 2018. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  20. ^ "Brannavan Gnanalingam". The Spinoff. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
  21. ^ "Brannavan Gnanalingam | WORD Christchurch". wordchristchurch.co.nz. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
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